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Fencers Take Five of Seven at Temple Invite
February 28, 2011 | Women's Fencing
Princeton's fencing teams combined to win five of seven meets at the Temple Invitational Sunday at a meet where every participating team, men's and women's, is ranked in the USFCA top 10.
The Princeton women, ranked No. 3 in the country, improved to 24-3 on the season with a sweep of No. 4 St. John's, No. 5 Penn State, No. 7 Temple and No. 9 Duke. The men, ranked No. 7 with a 17-7 mark, fell to No. 3 St. John's and No. 4 Penn State while defeating No. 8 Duke.
Freshman saberist Philip Dershwitz went 8-1, winning all three bouts each against Penn State and Duke while going 2-1 against St. John's. Sophomore saberist Eliza Stone was the top performer for Princeton's women, going 10-2 with 3-0 meets against Penn State and St. Johns and 2-1 meets against Temple and Duke.
The Tigers will have next week away from competition before heading to the Drew-hosted NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional on March 12.
M (17-7)
#4 Penn State 14, #7 Princeton 13
E (5-4): Elfassy 3-0, Yergler 1-2, Kelley 1-2; S (5-4) Dershwitz 3-0, Stone 2-1, Stogin 0-3; F (3-6) Mills 2-1, Malcolm 0-3, Mandle 1-2.
#7 Princeton 14, #8 Duke 13
E (4-5) Yergler 3-0, Elfassy 1-2, Burford 0-1, Kelley 0-2; S (5-4) Dershwitz 3-0, Koo 1-2, Stone 1-2; F (5-4) Mills 1-2, Mandle 0-1, Howard 2-1, Malcolm 2-0.
#3 St. John's 16, #7 Princeton 11
E (4-5) Yergler 2-1, Elfassy 1-2, Kelley 1-2; F (3-6) Mills 1-1, Howard 1-2, Kirschen 1-2, J. Moch 0-1; S (4-5) Dershwitz 2-1, Stogin 1-1, Limoli 1-2, Stone 0-1
W (24-3)
#3 Princeton 19, #5 Penn State 8
S (8-1): Wheeler 3-0, Stone 3-0, Cichomski 2-1; F (7-2) Levin 3-0, Yuh 3-0, Jarry 0-2, Oliva 1-0; E (4-5) Caldwell 1-1, Chan 1-1, Safford 1-2, Martin 1-0
#3 Princeton 17, #7 Temple 10
E (5-4): Caldwell 2-0, Safford 2-1, Martin 0-1, Chan 1-2; S (6-3): Wheeler 2-1, Cichomski 2-1, Stone 2-1; F (6-3): Yuh 3-0, Levin 2-1, Oliva 1-2.
#3 Princeton 14, #9 Duke 13
E (4-5) Safford 2-1, Caldwell 2-1, Chan 0-1, Martin 0-2; S (4-5) Stone 2-1, Cichomski 1-2, Wheeler 1-2; F (6-3) Levin 3-0, Yuh 1-2, Oliva 2-1.
#3 Princeton 17, #4 St. John's 10
E (3-6): Martin 2-1, Caldwell 1-2, Safford 0-3; S (8-1) Cichomski 3-0, Stone 3-0, Wheeler 2-1; F (6-3) Yuh 2-1, Oliva 2-1, Levin 1-1, Jarry 1-0.